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Monte Carlo radio on Sunday said the following: "Col. Bashar al-Assad, son of the Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, currently visiting Abu Dhabi, has promised to make economic and administrative measures, very shortly in Syria." Go

Saudi - Egyptian talks started today in the headquarters of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, in which the Egyptian side was headed by Foreign Minister Amr Moussa and the Saudi side was headed by Saudi Foreign Minsiter Prince Saud al-Faisal. The meetings will last for 2 days. Mustafa El-Faki, the Egyptian assistant foreign minister, said that the supreme joint committee between the two states will discuss the political, technical, economic, educational, cultural, youth, sports and social affairs, as well as cooperation between businessmen in the two states. Go

Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir depicted Egyptian - Sudanese relations as strategic, saying they started to return to normal as they used to be, adding that the Libyan - Egyptian initiative is able to tackle the Sudanese issue as its solution is based on direct discussions. Meanwhile, the Sudanese ambassador in Cairo, Ahmed Abd El-Halim, said in statements to Om Dorman that the anticipated visit of president El-Bashir to Cairo was agreed upon and that communications are currently being made to determine its date. Go

United Arab Emirates Minister of Information and Culture Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed al-Nahyan today pays a visit to Gaza, the first visit by an UAE official to the Palestinian self-rule territories. The UAE news agency said that on Tuesday that the UAE official will lay the foundation stone for the Zayed City project, which will be built there at a cost of US $250 million, SANA reported. Go

Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa said Egypt rejects the continuous Israeli attempts to seperate the Lebanese and Syrian tracks, saying existing relations between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and the officials in the two states are continuous and are an example to be followed in Arab relations. He emphasized the importance of Israel's withdrawal from the Syrian Golan Heights, describing the US role in the peace process as very important and he rejected the Israeli policy to exclude the US from the negotiations, saying that this is a wrong policy that threatens the peace process. Go

US Middle East peace process coordinator Dennis Ross arrived in Tel Aviv today in an attempt to mediate between Tel Aviv and Gaza in the final status negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian government. Israel Radio said that Ross will hold several meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials to eliminate obstacles before these negotiations. Go

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal met on Sunday in Riyadh with a German parliamentary delegation currently visiting Saudi Arabia and discussed with its members bilateral relations, means of developing them and regional and international issues of mutual concern. Earlier in the day, Saudi Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources Ali al-Naimi met with the German delegation. Talks dealt with conditions of the international oil market and bilateral relations in the area of joint investment between the two countries. Go

King Mohammed VI has sent a message of condolences to Turkish president Souleyman Demirel and gave his instructions for the dispatching of a humanitarian assistance and a rescue team to quake-hit Turkey. The new earthquake jolted northwestern Turkey, where at least 232 persons were killed and 2,657 were wounded by a quake of a 7.2 magnitude on the Richter scale. Morocco has sent a cargo of drugs, tents and blankets and a medical team to Turkey. Go

A list bearing the names of ten candidates for the best male athlete of the year, including the name of Hicham El Guerrouj, 1,500m world champion and five world records holder, will be released November 21 in Monaco. Go

An official with the US company Lockheed Martin said yesterday in Dubai 2000 International Aerospace Exhibition that it is expected soon to sign a long-delayed transaction for selling 80 US F-16 jet fighters to the United Arab Emirates, adding that they are still in negotiation about the sale and working on agreeing on financial and technical details. Go

Jordan's King Abdullah II met on Saturday in Amman with British Minister of Defense Procurement Baroness Symons and members of the delegation accompanying her. Areas of cooperation between Jordan and Britain were discussed, especially the military needs of the Jordanian armed forces and means of developing Jordan's defense capabilities, were reviewed. Go

Jordanian Prime Minister Abdul Raouf al-Rawabdeh met on Saturday in Amman with a delegation representing the observer general of the Muslim Brothers group, Abdul Majid al-Zuneibat; the secretary general of the Islamic Labor Organization, Abdul Latif Arabeyat; and the two members of the Shoura council of the Muslim Brothers, Jamil Abu Baker and Salem al-Fallahat. The two sides continued discussions on the persons suspended by the Jordanian authorities from the Hamas movement and current contacts made concerning them. Go

Under the auspices of Egyptian Minister of Health Ismael Salam, the executive bureau of the Arab health ministers will convene the meetings of their 93rd ordinary session in Beirut on March 28-30, 2000. The Arab League's assistant secretary general for social affairs, Dao Seweidan, said the executive bureau will discuss several important issues to prepare for holding meetings of the Arab health ministers. Go

Moroccan tennis champ Karim Alami won this weekend the Montevideo tournament beating in the final game the Spaniard Galo Blanco (6/3,6/1). Alami, ranking 32d in WTA, is bound to play a leading role in the Latin American series played in several major southern American cities. Go

The Casablanca Wydad Soccer club lost here Sunday (1/0) to the local "Etoite Sportive du Sahel" in the away game of the African Confederation Football Cup final. Go

Iraqi Prime Minsiter Salim al-Hoss yesterday asked the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group not to launch any attacks in south Lebanon, saying that the Lebanese resistance is doing "very well," ABC News reported. Go